Maraca Lo que quiero es Fiesta (Ahi Nama, 2008) Cuban music fans in the United States are not getting much [wiki:timba] music lately, except for…
Party with Maraca
Category: Album reviews
Bionic Boogaloo
Bio Ritmo Bionico (Locutor Records , 2008) Afro-Latin band Bio Ritmo has been a favorite of East Coast college students for several years. Based in…
Bewitching Hiding Place
Julie Fowlis Cuilidh (Shoeshine Record/Cadiz Music, 2008) Julie Fowlis’s Cuilidh out on Shoeshine Records/Cadiz Music is replete with all the sparkle of this Gaelic singer’s…
Cherry Blossoms and Winter Cranes
The koto and shakuhachi are two Japanese musical instruments that produce mesmerizing and beautiful sounds. The koto is a plucked zither or harp that is…
Sizzling Desert Blues
Terakaft Akh Issudar (World Village, 2008) The Malian soul is rich and inescapably musical. You’d need no more proof than Terakaft’s second offering of Akh…
What a Ball!
Various Artists Big Blue Ball (Real World, 2008) For several years, starting in 1992, Peter Gabriel invited numerous world music artists to record at Real World…
Sparking Passions
Various Artists The Rough Guide to the Music of Romanian Gypsies (World Music Network, 2008) Before you even lay a finger on the play button…
Unforgettable Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club At Carnegie Hall (World Circuit/Nonesuch, 2008) In 1998, the Buena Vista Social Club gave an unforgettable and…
Savagely Cool
Elsiane Hybrid (Nettwerk Records, 2008) The creative forces behind the Montreal project Elsiane, singer/songwriter/keyboardist Elsieanne Caplette and drummer Stephane Sotto, have hit the music scene’s…
Scottish Folk Discoveries
Various Artists Scottish Folk at Its Best (ARC Music, 2008) The Scottish Folk at Its Best compilation includes a selection of some of the finest…